Curtain-pole.



No. 696,279.; Patented Mari. 25, 1902.

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CURTAIN POLE.

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EMELY s. s'rRoMovIsT; or EvERETT, MASSACHUSETTS.

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SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 696,279, dateol' March 25, 1902.

Application filed April 19, 1901.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, EMELY S. STRoMo'vIsT, a citizen of Sweden, residing at Everett,inthe county of Middlesex and State of Massachusetts, have invented new and useful Improvements in Curtain-Poles, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to improvements in curtain-poles for the purpose of securingthin Y or heavy curtains or draperies to poles without the need of pins, hooks, the, which are liable to tear and injure the curtains, draperies, &c., as will hereinafter be more fully shown and described, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, where- Figure 1 represents a front elevation of my improved curtain-pole, showing a curtain suspended therefrom, the clamping-rings being shown in section. Fig. 2 represents an enlarged cross-section on the line 2 2 shown in Fig. 1. Fig. 3 represents a rear view of the improved curtain-pole. Fig. 4 represents a cross-section of the two members of which the curtain-pole is composednamely, the longitudinally-grooved roll and the clampingbar; and Fig. 5 represents a perspective "l6W= of said clamping-bar shown as detached from. the grooved roller.

Similar letters refer to similar parts whereever they occur on the different parts of the drawings.

The device consists of two membersnamely, a main bar A, adapted to be supported from the wall, 850., by means of any of the usual forms of brackets, &c., such being, however, not shown, as they do not form part of my present invention. On one side of said bar A is made a longitudinal extending groove B, substantially segmental shaped, adapted to receive the other member, the substantially segmental shaped clamping-bar 0 adapted to fit the groove B, as shown.

D D are substantially V-shaped springs secured to one of the members, preferably on the interior portion ofthe member C, as shown,

abling the members to be clamped together with a yielding pressure, so as to compensate for variations in the thickness of the curtain or drapery E that is to be clamped between the members, as shown in the drawings.

In using the device I place the upper edge Serial No. 56,596. (No model.)

,or portion of the curtain in the groove B of the member A and place the member 0 in said groove, 'after which I slip over each end of the members A G the rings F F, as shown in Figs. 1 and 2, thereby causing the curtain to. be held firmly by a yielding pressure between the said members A O, as shown par ticularlyiu Fig. 2. 7

If desired, the curtain or drapery may be so placed and attached between the members A Q as to allow a portion of such curtain to hang over and conceal the pole, or it may otherwise be arranged and confined between said members to suit different tastes without departing from the spirit of my invention.

.XVhat I wish to secure by Letters Patent and claim is 1. In a curtain-pole, a bar provided with a longitudinally-exteuding groove in which is adapted to be mounted the end of a curtain, a clamping-bar mounted in said groove for retaining the curtain in position, a series of \Fshaped springs connected to said clampingbar to enable the members forming the pole to be clamped together with a yielding pressure so as to compensate for variations in the thickness of the curtain, and rings suitably mounted on the bar for retaining the clamping-bar within the same.

2. In a curtain-pole, a bar provided with a longitudinally-extending, substantially segment-shaped groove for receiving one end of the curtain,a separate detachable segmentah shaped clamping-bar adapted to be mounted in said groove for retaining the curtain therein, a series of V-shaped springs having one end connected to said clamping-bar and adapted for clamping the members of the pole together with a yielding pressure so as to compensate for variations in the thickness of the curtain, and rings mounted upon said bar for retain- I ing the clamping-bar in said groove.

3. In a curtain pole, a bar provided with a longitudinally-extending groove to receive one end of the curtain, aclamping-bar mounted in said groove for retaining the curtain therein, a V-shaped spring having one section thereof secured to the center of said clamping-bar andthe other section free V- shaped springs having one section thereof socured near each end of said clamping-bar in alinement with the spring secured to the center thereof and having the other section free, In testimony whereof I have hereunto set said springs adapted to clamp the members my hand in presence of two subscribing witof the bar together with a yielding pressure nesses. u so as to compensate for variations in the EMELY S. STROMQVIST. thickness of the curtain, and rings surround- Witnesses: 1

ing the said bar for securing one within the other.

ALBAN ANDREN, GUSTAF L. PEEUSTISRUA. 

